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You will normally find black sesame desserts in a chinese restaurant either in a deep-fried pancake or perhaps as the filling for a soft dumpling in a warm ginger soup.

We have demonstrated the versatility of the Royal Selangor jelly mould in making desserts in our Cuisines of the World journey.

4. Remove from heat and pour some of this mixture into the beaten eggs gradually and then pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan and heat again.

5. Keep stirring with a wooden spoon until the mixture coats the back of your spoon.

6. Pour the ice cream mixture to a bowl, add in the all the toasted sesames, stir with the wooden spoon.

7. Churn the mixture in an ice cream machine or freeze in the Royal Selangor jelly mould overnight.

Sesame seed is an essential ingredient in Chinese cuisine. The oil is used in almost every Chinese marinade and the roasted seeds are spinkled in jellyfish salad, coated on Chinese fried dumplings and ground into paste in desserts.

White sesame seeds are more commonly used as they are sweeter in flavour but I love the slightly smokier notes of the black version and they make nice garnishing sprinkled on top of dishes.

Sesame ice-cream with summer berries

This ice-cream has a beautiful nutty and smoky flavour and does not disappoint with its creamy texture. It is a delightful pairing with the sweetness from all the summer berries.

Sesame ice-cream with summer berries

You can sprinkle some white sesame seeds when serving to get the contrast of black and white colour and flavour. It makes a nice sweet ending to a Chinese meal, a nice change from the ubiquitous fresh fruit platter.

Sesame ice-cream with summer berries

So dear readers, do you have a favourite chinese dessert?

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My mouth is watering.
I love this entry- I’ve looked at some of the other contestant/bloggers recipes, and I’d MUCH rather eat and use your recipes! Really good, tempting, and relatively easy to prepare! Great stuff, here!
Thanks for sharing!

And I thought I have already seen the most unusual ice-creams! This one is original both by the main ingredient and the look! It’s like taken from a black and white photo! Unfortunately I still haven’t decided to buy an ice-cream maker, so will have to content myself with your beautiful photos.

My favorite dessert at a Chinese restaurant as a child was chilled Lychee. Boring, I know. But we don’t have a big variety of Chinese food, just “standard Westerniezed” Chinese food, and desserts on the menu were usually just lychees, deep fried breaded banana with honey, the same with pineapple instead of banana, or ice cream.

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